Justicia, Paz, Integridad<br /> de la Creación
Justicia, Paz, Integridad<br /> de la Creación
Justicia, Paz, Integridad<br /> de la Creación
Justicia, Paz, Integridad<br /> de la Creación
Justicia, Paz, Integridad<br /> de la Creación
14/01/2019

Oil palm companies connected to land grabbing, illegal deforestation and industrial pollution in Latin America

A Mongabay Latam series (in Spanish) on the oil palm industry in several Latin American countries has revealed that the advance of oil palm monocultures in Latin America – especially Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Colombia – since 2000 has resulted in illegalities, deforestation, environmental pressures, and conflicts with local communities. Below, IDM highlights some of the findings on Peru, Ecuador and Guatemala.

In Peru, the oil palm company Palmas de Huallaga S.A.C. has been linked to a number of irregularities. The company controls 1,900 hectares in the Peruvian Amazon, and they have been accused of clearing forests in protected areas in at least five of its properties. The Peruvian NGO Paz y Esperanza has also found that the company cleared forests in at least two of its properties prior to obtaining licenses to do so, which is illegal. Other than the illegal actions associated with Palma de Huallaga, they have committed a series of other land grabbing crimes. This includes not respecting the legal requirement of keeping 30 percent of the forest in its properties, deforesting river banks, and failing to respect the boundaries of their properties by clearing adjacent forests.

(From the article.)

Tipología
Web Site Article
Número
6319
Caso de AT causado por
Peru - TNCs
Caso de AT que perjudica a
Peru - Agricultural Land, Forest
Editor
Illegal Deforestation Monitor Website